--- title: Watch Live: President Donald Trump's Address to the Nation description: In his first primetime address since taking office, President Donald Trump will speak regarding the new American strategy in Afghanistan. canonical: https://time.com/4908783/trump-afghanistan-watch-live-online/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-21T15:26:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:05:22.762Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Trump Unveils His New Afghanistan Plan og:description: In his first primetime address as President og:url: https://time.com/4908783/trump-afghanistan-watch-live-online/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2e84e1576d3e840/6988da79bc6cfcfa153e2b82/gettyimages-835264944.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4117 og:image:height: 2316 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-TRUMP og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Trump Unveils His New Afghanistan Plan twitter:description: In his first primetime address as President twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2e84e1576d3e840/6988da79bc6cfcfa153e2b82/gettyimages-835264944.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: President Trump Unveils His New Military Plan for Afghanistan > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Aug 21, 2017 3:26 PM UTC  US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to board Air Force One prior to departing from Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Maryland, on August 18, 2017, following meetings at Camp David and before returning to Bedminster, New Jersey to continue his vacation. US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to board Air Force One prior to departing from Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Maryland, on August 18, 2017, following meetings at Camp David and before returning to Bedminster, New Jersey to continue his vacation. Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Aug 21, 2017 3:26 PM UTC In his first primetime address since taking office, President Donald Trump will speak regarding the new American strategy [in Afghanistan and South Asia](http://time.com/4908402/trump-afghanistan-war-strategy-national-address/) on Monday. Trump’s statement will be broadcast from Fort Meyer in Arlington, Virginia, starting at 9 p.m. ET; you can watch live above. During the speech, President Trump will discuss the “[path forward](http://time.com/4908169/donald-trump-camp-david-afghanistan-war-address/)” for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. American troops have been on the ground in that country since 2001, marking the longest foreign entanglement in U.S. history. As a candidate, Trump was critical of the U.S. military’s ongoing presence in Afghanistan. Now, as President, he is charged with charting a path forward there, with possible options including sending more Americans off to battle or attempting a withdrawal. Trump’s address is coming after months of deliberation between the President and his national security team, including a high-level meeting at Camp David on Friday. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis [confirmed](http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/20/politics/james-mattis-donald-trump-afghanistan/index.html) Sunday that White House officials have agreed on the country’s next steps in Afghanistan, but did not offer details. “He wants to be the one to announce it to the American people,” Mattis said, in reference to Trump. In his address, President Trump will be calling on Americans to trust his leadership in the wake of one of his most [tumultuous weeks in the White House](http://time.com/4904473/republicans-charlottesville-response-donald-trump/). Following a violent and deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia earlier this month, Trump faced criticism for seeming to equate hate groups with the counter-protesters who challenged them. 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